My First Swimsuit!!

After going to Seven Peaks Water park several times and counting at least 4 girls who had on my exact bathing suit, I decided it was time to get a new one. Finding the right bathing suit is always hard, they're either too expensive or something is just wrong with the cut...so I decided to take on the challenge of making one. I like it, mostly because I know no one else will have it!

Bridesmaid Dresses

I made Fale's dress (far Left) and Liz Pope's dress (she's standing next to the bride)

Boys Ties

DIY skirts

These were some of my very first DIY projects. I was so addicted as you can tell!

This red skirt was an old grandma skirt that was waaayy to long and little too big around the hips area.

So I made it a little shorter, adjusted the waistband, and brought it in a little. I've always wanted a red skirt, now I have one that only cost me $6!!


Excuse my modeling poses. my goodness. Anywho, I dont have a "before" picture of this blue skirt but it was kind of like the red skirt above so I made a few adjustments to it and now it fits perfect! Another $6 skirt!

I also added ruffles along the edge of the pockets, just to spice it up a little.


Crimson. sorry. green top and brown skirt were also DIY projects. Green top was a long sleeve, high neck top. I cut off the sleeves, lowered the neckline, and added ruffles. The skirt was calf length, I made it knee length.


This by far, was my funniest DIY project. The BEFORE picture speaks for itself. I looked very...homey. As you can see, I cut the sleeves off the top, made the skirt shorter, and added a cardigan (which I made a while back but wasn't sure what to wear it with...now i do!!)


I now have a red, blue, black, and brown skirt as well as a few tops from Deseret Industries (DI). The pieces ranged from $4 to $6 each!! What a bargain!

DIY shirts

This was my first DIY project. I dont have any "before" pictures but it was a high necked, Large, long sleeve shirt.


Same as above, no "before" pictures. The first one was taken right after I lowered the neckline. The second picture is obviously the finished product.


The LIAHONA SHIRTS!!!! My dad bought a billion of these for the Liahona Reunion in July 2011. We had boxes and boxes of shirts in our hotel room and we looked through all of them and couldn't find anything smaller than an XL. So we went to work and made our own sizes. I am sporting the "before" look, Eleni is sporting the "after" and my dad is sidebusting.


This top was explained in a previous post.



David's shirt....now mine!


Just added a little spice.


Two differnt shirts....same principle.




This was a XXL tank top that I made into a fitted top....I didn't like it, so I cut it up and turned it into a necklace. No picture.

Dresses

This is the first piece of clothing I made...a dress!


I made this dress for no particular reason. These are the only pictures of the dress...you can't really see the whole thing, but it's a simple summer dress. I suppose I could model the dress and take a better picture but then again, you think I'm really gonna make that effort?


Look! I made the effort! lol.

Tops

The same pattern was used for both these tops. I made the bottom one first and liked it so much I made another one with completely different fabric.

Skirts

Baby Stuff

I really wanted a baby wrap to hold Ngatoa and when I finally found one in the store for $20, I decided to make my own, for $6.


I found a tutorial for this gnome beanieonline and thought it was the cutest thing. So I had to make one for Ngatoa.


I made the green carseat cover for Ngatoa (above) and the purple one for Tali Hafoka's little girl.


As well as matching burp cloths.


This knitted reggae blanket was the first one I'd ever made. I made it for my SIL Coco's little boy.

And I made matching booties. I had no pattern to follow so I just made it up as I crocheted.


I made these flower clips for my visiting teachee, Lachelle Unga's, little girl.